02856nam 22006134a 450 991044991600332120200520144314.01-280-48122-60-19-803191-20-19-518390-8(CKB)1000000000028986(EBL)316405(OCoLC)466433799(SSID)ssj0000101280(PQKBManifestationID)11122604(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101280(PQKBWorkID)10037733(PQKB)10104822(MiAaPQ)EBC316405(Au-PeEL)EBL316405(CaPaEBR)ebr10087296(CaONFJC)MIL48122(EXLCZ)99100000000002898620030122d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAll shook up[electronic resource] how rock 'n' roll changed America /Glenn C. AltschulerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20031 online resource (241 p.)Pivotal moments in American historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-517749-5 0-19-513943-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.All shook up : popular music and American culture, 1945-1955 -- Brown-eyed handsome man : rock 'n' roll and race -- Great balls of fire : rock 'n' roll and sexuality -- Yakety yak, don't talk back : rock 'n' roll and generational conflict -- Roll over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news : rock 'n' roll and the pop culture wars -- The day the music died : rock 'n' roll's lull and revival.The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it ""musical riots put to a switchblade beat""--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify?. As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception to it--in fact can tell us a lot about the values of the United States in the 1950's, a decade that saw a great struggle for the control of popular culture. Altschuler shows, in particular, how rock's ""switchblade beat"" opened up wide fissures in American society along the fault-lines of family,Pivotal moments in American history.Rock musicSocial aspectsUnited StatesRock musicUnited StatesHistory and criticismElectronic books.Rock musicSocial aspectsRock musicHistory and criticism.781.66/0973Altschuler Glenn C879880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449916003321All shook up1964725UNINA